Medicine in Modern Britain 1780-1950 provides an introduction to the development of medicine in Britain from the end of the early modern period and through modern times. It is essential reading for students of the history of medicine in Britian.

Deborah Brunton was a senior lecturer in the History of Medicine at The Open University. Her previous publications include Health and Wellness in the Nineteenth Century (2014), The Politics of Vaccination. Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, 1800-1874 (2008), Medicine Transformed: Health, Disease and Society in Europe 1800-1930 (2004) and Health, Disease and Society in Europe 1800-1930: A Sourcebook (2004).

Part I: 1. Introduction; Part II: Narrative 2. Disease in modern Britain; 3. Medical ideas; 4. Medical practices; 5. Medical care in institutions; 6. Medical practitioners; 7. Health and the state; Part III: Assessment 8. Medicine in modern Britain: change, continuity, variation; Part IV: Documents